Greetings XCI #2 - Wayland Academy
Greetings XCI #2 - Wayland Academy Greetings XCI #2 - Wayland Academy
newsandnotes 1990s continued Liz Boucher `99 and Stephen Lee, of West Monroe, Louisiana, were married June 6, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia. Liz’s Bridesmaid of Honor was her sister, Kristene `97. Penny (Hommel) Strack `96, and her husband, Brian, were also able to help the new couple celebrate. Liz’s brothers, Steven `07 and Michael `10, were ushers. Liz and Stephen met during their first assignments (Liz by her employer, the USO, Steven, by his employer, U.S, Army Special Forces.) on Okinawa, and, after having spent the past two years in the Washington, D.C., area, will start new assignments there this summer. 2000s Larry P. Pitcher `00 is working as a financial analyst for the operations department at RTI Biologics (RTIX) in Alachua, Florida. He was recently accepted to the professional MBA program at the University of Florida. 38 wayland academy greetings Rachel Cartwright `01 is working in New York as a lawyer. She graduated from Hofstra Law School in May 2008, and is working for a law firm specializing in labor and employment law. She writes, “I have a nice boyfriend who graduated from Hofstra Law School and has a job at a Brooklyn law firm. Jose and I are taking the Florida bar examination in July 2009, and we’ll see where we settle. Because of Wayland, I received a very nice scholarship to Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.” She graduated cum laude with majors in Spanish and Communication with a minor in political science. Trustee Georgiana Starz, proprietor of Camp Nicolet Inc. in Eagle River, Wisconsin, writes, “The 2008 Franklin Freestyle Wake Board Tournament was another successful benefit event for the Christopher Starz `01 Leadership Memorial Fund.” Erin Lamm `02 writes, “I graduated from DePaul University College of Law in May 2008, and practice family law in Chicago. I am excited about the start of my career. I hope that all of my classmates are doing well. If you are in Chicago, give me a call!!” Susanna Redmer `03 writes, “I graduated from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2007, with a degree in British and American Literature. I recently graduated with my Master of Arts degree from Mount Mary College, and I am working on my teaching certification! I am also engaged to Timothy Carlson who is an electrical engineer with a Milwaukee based company. We have a 2010 wedding planned!” A few of Wayland’s newest alums and current students visited together in South Korea. Left top: (l-r) Moonhyok (Jason)Kim `11, Youngil Kim `09, Julia Kim `09, and Addie Rauschert `09 Left: (l-r) Julia Kim `09, Sang Yoon Cha `09, Addie Rauschert `09, Chung Bok Lee `10, and Paul Oum `11
In Remembrance Stoakley W. Swanson `52 died May 9, 2009. Stoakley was a professor Emeritus of Marketing in the Business School at Sacramento State University. He was at Wayland for four years and served as president of his class; he received the Edwin Putnam Brown award at graduation. Friends will remember him for his critical — and often contrarian — thinking that imbued his observations with illustrative quotations and aphorisms, characteristic of his unique personality. In 1981, he became a faculty member at Sacramento State where he was active in campus affairs, serving as Chair of the Marketing Department and as a faculty senator for both local and statewide offices. He was a key member of the California Faculty Association where he participated with the collective bargaining team in negotiating the faculty union’s first system-wide contract in the mid- 1980’s, and later left the party as an Independent. He retired from the faculty at Sacramento State in December 1997. Connie M. Koehne H`66 (former faculty) died January 8, 2009. Connie started piano lessons at four years old with her father as her teacher. She attended Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa, and graduated with a B.A. in music from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. After college, she toured as an accompanist with her brother Richard. She became the staff pianist at Mount St. Mary’s On-the- Fox Academy. She also was the first pianist with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and taught at Elgin Academy, where she met her husband, Bill. In 1965, they moved to Beaver Dam because Wayland Academy offered Bill a teaching position. Shortly, her accompanying ability was discovered. She began playing for liturgies throughout the area, especially St. Patrick’s Church. Connie also taught private piano lessons until she retired in 2004. In 1973, Bill passed away, and Connie decided to stay in Beaver Dam. At that time she became Chair of the Music Department at Wayland. Connie retired from Wayland in 1991 and continued to play for liturgies, weddings, and funerals well into 2008. William G. Ellis H`67, former President of Wayland Academy and New England College, and Dean of the School of Business and Legal Studies at Concordia University, died March 3, 2009. An alumnus of Williston Northampton School in Massachusetts, Ellis received his B.S. from Babson College in 1962, and an Ed. D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1968. He also held master’s degrees from Suffolk University (Business Administration, 1963), Westfield State College (Education, 1965), and Concordia University Wisconsin (Administration, 1991), and completed professional programs at The University of Chicago, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University. During a career in higher education that spanned more than 46 years, Bill distinguished himself as visionary and a leader, serving as Chair of Business and Director of Continuing Education at Castleton State College in Vermont (1969-72), Executive Vice President at the College of St. Joseph in Vermont (1972-73), and Academic Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine (1973-82). In 1982, Ellis was named President of Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Over the next 13 years, he fostered the Academy’s capital campaigns, improved its physical plant and endowment, developed innovative academic programs, and advanced athletics. Following his tenure at Wayland, Dr. Ellis became President of New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. In 1997, he and wife Nancy returned to Wisconsin, where he served as Dean of the School of Business and Legal Studies at Concordia University through June 2008. Upon his retirement, Concordia named him Dean Emeritus. He was awarded the Exceptional Service Award by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (1994), the Distinguished Service Citation by Wayland Academy (1995), and was twice named Business Professor of the Year by his students at Concordia University (1999, 2007). In 2001, he received the Excellence in Education award from Penn State University’s College of Education, the highest honor bestowed upon a College of Education alumnus for significant contributions to the field of education. An active community member, William Ellis served as Director of Bank One of Beaver Dam, Director and Board Chair of Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Inc., Director of Westra Construction Corporation, and served consecutive terms as President of the Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce. While at Thomas College, he served as Corporator for Maine Savings Bank and First Consumers Savings Bank. He also served as head tennis coach at Babson College, where he had been a standout tennis and squash player, winning the small college New England singles championship in tennis. He later served as head tennis coach at Thomas College, where he produced two NAIA New England singles champions, and Wayland Academy, leading the boys tennis team to two undefeated seasons and producing a state singles champion. www.wayland.org 39
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newsandnotes<br />
1990s continued<br />
Liz Boucher `99 and Stephen Lee, of West Monroe, Louisiana,<br />
were married June 6, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia. Liz’s<br />
Bridesmaid of Honor was her sister, Kristene `97. Penny<br />
(Hommel) Strack `96, and her husband, Brian, were also able to<br />
help the new couple celebrate. Liz’s brothers, Steven `07 and<br />
Michael `10, were ushers. Liz and Stephen met during their first<br />
assignments (Liz by her employer, the USO, Steven, by his<br />
employer, U.S, Army Special Forces.) on Okinawa, and, after<br />
having spent the past two years in the Washington, D.C., area,<br />
will start new assignments there this summer.<br />
2000s<br />
Larry P. Pitcher `00 is working as a financial analyst for<br />
the operations department at RTI Biologics (RTIX) in<br />
Alachua, Florida. He was recently accepted to the<br />
professional MBA program at the University of Florida.<br />
38<br />
wayland academy greetings<br />
Rachel Cartwright `01 is working in New York as a lawyer. She<br />
graduated from Hofstra Law School in May 2008, and is working<br />
for a law firm specializing in labor and employment law. She<br />
writes, “I have a nice boyfriend who graduated from Hofstra Law<br />
School and has a job at a Brooklyn law firm. Jose and I are taking<br />
the Florida bar examination in July 2009, and we’ll see where we<br />
settle. Because of <strong>Wayland</strong>, I received a very nice scholarship to<br />
Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.” She<br />
graduated cum laude with majors in Spanish and Communication<br />
with a minor in political science.<br />
Trustee Georgiana Starz, proprietor of Camp Nicolet Inc. in<br />
Eagle River, Wisconsin, writes, “The 2008 Franklin Freestyle<br />
Wake Board Tournament was another successful benefit<br />
event for the Christopher Starz `01 Leadership Memorial<br />
Fund.”<br />
Erin Lamm `02 writes, “I graduated from DePaul<br />
University College of Law in May 2008, and practice family<br />
law in Chicago. I am excited about the start of my career. I<br />
hope that all of my classmates are doing well. If you are in<br />
Chicago, give me a call!!”<br />
Susanna Redmer `03 writes, “I graduated from the<br />
Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2007, with a degree<br />
in British and American Literature. I recently graduated with<br />
my Master of Arts degree from Mount Mary College, and I<br />
am working on my teaching certification! I am also engaged<br />
to Timothy Carlson who is an electrical engineer with a<br />
Milwaukee based company. We have a 2010 wedding<br />
planned!”<br />
A few of <strong>Wayland</strong>’s newest alums and current students visited<br />
together in South Korea.<br />
Left top: (l-r) Moonhyok (Jason)Kim `11, Youngil Kim `09,<br />
Julia Kim `09, and Addie Rauschert `09<br />
Left: (l-r) Julia Kim `09, Sang Yoon Cha `09, Addie Rauschert<br />
`09, Chung Bok Lee `10, and Paul Oum `11
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